NameTides

Chelsea

Chelsea was the #851 girls' name in the US in 2025 (319 babies), and #983 in England & Wales and #626 in Canada.

Chelsea as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Chelsea as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaIrelandUSEngland & Wales
Chelsea as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#851 (319)#983 (35)——#608 (5)#626 (48)——
2024#787 (358)#1,230 (27)—#407 (3)—#613 (48)——
2023#712 (397)#981 (35)——#856 (3)#541 (54)——
2022#693 (424)#857 (41)#531 (5)—#559 (6)#340 (87)——
2021#635 (466)#779 (47)#792 (3)——#521 (56)——
2020#644 (449)#840 (43)——#495 (7)#358 (89)#97 (74)—
2019#545 (557)#881 (41)#447 (7)—#716 (4)#334 (96)#100 (72)—
2018#471 (664)#767 (50)#376 (9)—#629 (5)#346 (95)#76 (88)—
2017#381 (818)#514 (83)#369 (9)—#396 (10)#275 (118)#59 (107)—
2016#354 (933)#485 (89)#585 (5)—#585 (6)#199 (156)#64 (108)#90 (62)
2015#309 (1,057)#455 (95)#318 (12)—#362 (13)#163 (189)#59 (115)#71 (68)
2014#275 (1,196)#473 (91)#274 (16)—#242 (21)#170 (197)#53 (125)#67 (72)
2013#271 (1,179)#350 (130)#238 (17)#370 (4)#286 (17)#139 (217)#47 (137)#47 (100)
2012#235 (1,356)#326 (150)#179 (25)#187 (10)#264 (19)#159 (204)#34 (181)#47 (104)
2011#222 (1,425)#336 (143)#273 (15)#277 (6)#258 (20)#132 (230)#37 (171)#38 (109)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1992 at #15.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1910.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 7,200uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Chelsea is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,200 to 1 in 5,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Chelsea by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #541WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #515ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #567NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,271OHPennsylvania: #763PANew Jersey: #618NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #644CAUtah: #704UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: #651MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #534NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #796GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #949TXFlorida: #692FL
Chelsea (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#46610
Ontario2024#50625

Chelsea (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ChelseaCanadaGirls#62648
ChelseaEngland & WalesGirls#98335
ChelseaIrelandGirls#6085
ChelseaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ChelseaNSWGirls—too few
ChelseaScotlandGirls—too few
ChelseaUSGirls#851319
ChelseaUSBoys—too few
ChelseaVICGirls—too few